This week at the library; or, Last week of no programs

This was whipped up by one of our circulation staff
when I begged for help fixing my bare board.

What's going on; in my head and at the library

• Still working on Lexiles. Last bits of planning, running errands, etc. for the start of programming next week. I went up to see my associate and her absolutely adorable dog whom I am now in love with (and the baby, but really I'm a dog person) and locked my keys in my (running) car. Yay small towns where the police will come pry your doors open...
• I also worked on cleaning out my backlog of webinars.
• And spent another couple hours running around to schools to drop off marketing and try to book outreach. Success! My fall is FULL. and then I realized I had booked 5 school visits on a day I was off. GEEZ.
• I was right down to the wire finishing the lexiles, but I took a break to make a bunch of coloring starter pages for the art station, inspired by an ALSC post a while back.
• Saturday was crazy and I HATE LEXILES AND EXCEL.

Some projects completed/in progress this week

• Lexiles finished! (or they would have been if the dang printer hadn't run out of toner. I just have half a list to print and one more to format for printing)
• Reorganizing Spanish

Professional Development

• Read Play Grow with Rachel Payne
• Ready Set Kindergarten with Rachel Payne
• Responsive Programming (Growing Wisconsin Readers)
• Child Development 0-4 with Brook Berg
• Child Development 5-8 with Brook Berg
• YSS Powerhouse: Teen Services okay, better than okay!
• SLJ New Nonfiction for Young Readers

Stealth Programs and Displays

• 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
• Birdwatching/Art Station (updated with coloring starters)
• Display: Dewey love to read?
• I Spy Aquarium: Back to School
• Activity Table: Fall Into Reading
• Take Home Storytime: Frogs

What the kids are reading; A Selection

• Michael Vey audios - we don't have the latest.
• Two recommendations of Hilda
• Eleanor's Secret, two recommendations of Castle in the Sky